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Pornland

How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

Gail Dines

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English
Beacon Press
01 September 2018
In this groundbreaking book, expert Gail Dines illustrates how today's porn has become absorbed into pop culture and, because of that, how the porn industry has turned even more hard-core. She shows both the sexist and racist underbelly of porn, exposing the economic structure of this multibillion-dollar industry--one that reaps more profits than the film and music industries combined.

Astonishingly, the average age of first viewing porn is now 11.5 years for boys, and with the advent of the Internet, it's no surprise that young people are consuming more porn than ever. And, as Gail Dines shows, today's porn is strikingly different from yesterday's Playboy. As porn culture has become absorbed into pop culture, a new wave of entrepreneurs are creating porn that is even more hard-core, violent, sexist, and racist. Proving that porn desensitizes and actually limits our sexual freedom, Dines argues its omnipresence is a public health concern we can no longer ignore.

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Imprint:   Beacon Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   329g
ISBN:   9780807001547
ISBN 10:   0807001546
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

Pornland . . . will now be the starting point for serious discussions about how porn shapes and distorts social and sexual norms. Dines understands both the economics and cultural power of the pornography industry perhaps better than anyone ever has. --Jackson Katz, author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help [A] thoughtful analysis of pornography's infiltration into the American economy, its detrimental effects on the sexual and emotional health of women and men, and its ability to perpetuate both sexism and racism. --Veronica Arellano, Library Journal Dines brilliantly exposes porn's economics, pervasiveness, and impact with scholarship as impeccable as her tone is reasonable. This book will change your life. Ignore it at your peril. --Robin Morgan An eyes-wide-open look at the way the porn industry exploits and damages the gift of our sexuality to fuel itself. --Wendy Maltz, coauthor of The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography Bravo to Gail Dines! She exposes a huge problem of our time that few people are willing to confront. Dines follows the extensive money trail, uncovering the role of corporate duplicity and greed while showing how steadily pornography has infiltrated into everyday life from almost cradle to grave. --Diane Levin, coauthor of So Sexy, So Soon


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